Aspiring Varminter

[fabsroman]

The stocks with a large difference between the drop at comb and drop at heel will tend to rotate upward and smack you in the face because the recoil is not going straight backward.

I know this from a bunch of trap shooting. The more inline the stock is, the more recoil is transferred to your shoulder and away from your face. Straight combs work just fine on trap guns and rifles because there isn't much variation in shots. However, a field shotgun or sporting clays shotgun needs some varaiation because a person's face will adjust along the comb depending upon what kind of shot presents itself. Hard to explain.

Glad to see that you are getting involved in varminting. I do a little here and there, but Skinny is a pro at it.